Motor Skills

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Qualitative analysis of therapeutic motor intervention programmes for children with cerebral palsy: an update.

This study presents a comprehensive evaluation of therapeutic motor interventions for children with or at risk for cerebral palsy (CP), examining 50 studies covering the period from 1990 to 2001. The purpose was to review noticeable changes in the ...
Renate C Siebes, Lex Wijnroks, Adri Vermeer (Dev Med Child Neurol, 200209)
qualitative-analysis-therapeutic-motor-intervention-programmes.asp

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Childhood movement skills: predictors of physical activity in Anglo American and Mexican American adolescents?

We assessed the relationship between young childrens movement skills and their physical activity in early adolescence. Balance, agility, eye-hand coordination, and skinfold thicknesses in 207 Mexican American and Anglo American children (104 boys, 103 ...
Thomas L McKenzie, James F Sallis, Shelia L Broyles, Michelle M Zive, Philip R Nader, Charles C Berry, Jesse J Brennan (Res Q Exerc Sport, 200209)
childhood-movement-skills-predictors-physical-activity-anglo-american.asp

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Evaluation of manual wheelchair skills: is objective testing necessary or would subjective estimates suffice?

OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that subjective estimates of the ability to perform manual wheelchair skills, by wheelchair users and the therapists working with them, accurately reflect the results of objective testing. DESIGN: Within-subject ...
Allison M Newton, R Lee Kirby, Angela H Macphee, Debbie J Dupuis, Donald A Macleod (Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 200209)
evaluation-manual-wheelchair-skills-objective-testing-necessary-or.asp

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Visual spatial perception and surgical competence.

BACKGROUND: Proficiency in visual spatial perception (VSP) is a hypothetical component of surgical competence. METHODS: Four tests of VSP, taken from the Cognitive Laterality Battery (CLB), were administered to 301 surgeons and surgical residents. Mean ...
Donald A Risucci (Am J Surg, 200209)
visual-spatial-perception-surgical-competence.asp

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Prognosis for gross motor function in cerebral palsy: creation of motor development curves.

CONTEXT: Lack of a valid classification of severity of cerebral palsy and the absence of longitudinal data on which to base an opinion have made it difficult to consider prognostic issues accurately. OBJECTIVE: To describe patterns of gross motor ...
Peter L Rosenbaum, Stephen D Walter, Steven E Hanna, Robert J Palisano, Dianne J Russell, Parminder Raina, Ellen Wood, Doreen J Bartlett, Barbara E Galuppi (JAMA, 200209)
prognosis-gross-motor-function-cerebral-palsy-creation-motor.asp

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Fractionated simple and choice reaction time in children with prenatal exposure to alcohol.

BACKGROUND: The present study investigated central and peripheral processing speed using simple reaction time (SRT) and choice reaction time (CRT) tasks in children who were exposed to alcohol in utero compared with control subjects. Each RT interval was ...
Roger W Simmons, Tara Wass, Jennifer D Thomas, Edward P Riley (Alcohol Clin Exp Res, 200209)
fractionated-simple-choice-reaction-time-children-prenatal-exposure.asp

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Developmental sequence in the acquisition of anticipation during a new co-ordination in a bimanual load-lifting task in children.

The aim of this experiment was to test the capacity of children to develop anticipation at various stages of their growth. We studied the learning process of an artificial co-ordination by means of a procedure of double unloading in two groups of ...
Christina Schmitz, Christine Assaiante (Neurosci Lett, 200209)
developmental-sequence-acquisition-anticipation-new-co-ordination.asp

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Examining time trends in the Oldowan technology at Beds I and II, Olduvai Gorge.

The lithic analysis of the Bed I and II assemblages from Olduvai Gorge reveals both static and dynamic time trends in early hominids technology from 1.8 to 1.2 m.y.a. The Bed I Oldowan (1.87-1.75 m.y.a.) is characterized by the least effort strategy in ...
Yuki Kimura (J Hum Evol, 200209)
examining-time-trends-oldowan-technology-beds-ii-olduvai-gorge.asp

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Assessment of fine motor skill in musicians and nonmusicians: differences in timing versus sequence accuracy in a bimanual fingering task.

While professional musicians are generally considered to possess better control of finger movements than nonmusicians, relatively few reports have experimentally addressed the nature of this discrepancy in fine motor skills. For example, it is unknown ...
Anthony E Kincaid, Scott Duncan, Samuel A Scott (Percept Mot Skills, 200208)
assessment-fine-motor-skill-musicians-nonmusicians-differences-timing.asp

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Functional MRI of motor sequence acquisition: effects of learning stage and performance.

Neural networks of motor control are well understood and the motor domain therefore lends itself to the study of learning. Neuroimaging of motor learning has demonstrated fronto-parietal, subcortical, and cerebellar involvement. However, there is ...
Ralph Axel Müller, Natalia Kleinhans, Karen Pierce, Nobuko Kemmotsu, Eric Courchesne (Brain Res Cogn Brain Res, 200208)
functional-mri-motor-sequence-acquisition-effects-learning-stage.asp